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GAINESVILLE — Florida’s spring game will have a much different look this year.

Actually, it won’t be a game at all.

With the Gators down to six healthy offensive linemen, Florida coach Will Muschamp has decided to go away from the traditional game simulation and conduct a workout that will more closely resemble a practice.

The open practice will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at Florida Field and will be free to the public.

“It’s not fair to go in a spring game situation and ask these guys to take 60, 70 snaps in a row,” Muschamp said. “That’s not healthy. It’s not good. It’s not good for our football team. So, we’ve changed the format a little bit, which I think will be good in a way.”

The open practice is expected to last roughly two hours. Muschamp said the Gators will work on a variety of situational drills, all aspects of special teams and conduct one-on-one matchups. There will be a limited scrimmage at five different stages of the practice, but only consisting of eight-to-12 plays at a time (between 40-60 total snaps) with no game flow. There will be no score kept and no stats recorded.

Florida’s offensive line has been missing three players all spring as far as contact drills are concerned. Starters Jon Halapio and Chaz Green are recovering from minor offseason surgery. Reserve guard Ian Silberman, a former Fleming Island standout, is rehabbing a shoulder injury suffered last fall. Trip Thurman, a reserve guard, injured his shoulder during practice. The redshirt sophomore had surgery to repair his labrum on Monday.

“It went very well,” Muschamp said. “That’s a four-month, four-and-a-half month type of surgery. He should be cleared for August practice if things go well and he rehabs the correct way, which he will. He works hard. He’s done a good job for us this spring. I’m real pleased with his progress.”

Muschamp also stated that defensive end Jonathan Bullard would miss Saturday’s practice with a hamstring injury.

Muschamp said he’s been pleased with the progress UF has made this spring. The Gators are coming off an 11-2 season in which they reached the Sugar Bowl before losing to Louisville.

Running back Matt Jones has distanced himself as the team’s top running back, according to Muschamp.

The third-year UF coach also raved about linebacker Daniel McMillian. The former First Coast standout is an early enrollee.

“He is the right guy to get coaching,” Muschamp said. “He’s got instincts and toughness. He was up here on Sunday after the third practice, the first day in pads, for two hours watching film by himself.”